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I’m immediately taken with La Bisbal d’Empordà, a small town in the Costa Brava region of northeastern Spain. I soak up the colorful houses with wisteria-traced walls, lemon trees heavy with fruit, and centuries-old stone bridge. But then my eyes settle on what this Catalan town is famous for—sidewalks...

This year, I was invited to be a sketch-artist-in-residence in Costa Brava—the rugged coastline that spans from Blanes, just north of Barcelona, up to Spain’s border with France. All told, I spent six weeks in the region, including a two-week stint in Girona. I was instantly enchanted by the ancient Catalonian city’s...